好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:股[gu3] syn 作用 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 有效 yǒu xiào effective / in effect / valid syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 展 zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 因果 yīn guǒ karma / cause and effect syn 危害 wēi hài to harm / to jeopardize / to endanger / harmful effect / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 效应 效應 xiào yìng effect (scientific phenomenon) syn 特技 tè jì special effect / stunt 生效 shēng xiào to take effect / to go into effect syn 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 并发症 併發症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 成效 chéng xiào effect / result syn 特效 tè xiào specially good effect / special efficacy / (cinema etc) special effects syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 施行 shī xíng to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect syn 音效 yīn xiào sound effect 见效 見效 jiàn xiào to have the desired effect syn 推行 tuī xíng to put into effect / to carry out syn 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 疗效 療效 liáo xiào healing efficacy / healing effect 药性 藥性 yào xìng medicinal effect 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 根治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 多普勒 duō pǔ lè Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 毛毛雨 máo mao yǔ drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect syn 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure syn 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 会师 會師 huì shī to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction syn 余韵 餘韻 yú yùn pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc) syn 实效 實效 shí xiào actual effect / practical result / efficacy syn 错落有致 錯落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function 温室效应 溫室效應 wēn shì xiào yìng greenhouse effect 显效 顯效 xiǎn xiào to show an effect / to produce an effect / a conspicuous effect 效验 效驗 xiào yàn (desired) effect / (expected) result / effective syn 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn 效 xiào effect / efficacy / to imitate syn 星星之火 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect syn 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 还 還 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn 清晨 qīng chén early morning syn 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early syn 尽早 儘早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible syn 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 早熟 zǎo shú precocious / early-maturing syn 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy syn 早逝 zǎo shì early demise / untimely death syn 初夏 chū xià early summer syn 学前教育 學前教育 xué qián jiào yù preschool education / early childhood education 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) 早婚 zǎo hūn to marry too early 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn 上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn 左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) 早春 zǎo chūn early spring syn 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 早在 zǎo zài as early as 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 